Trout Season

Trout stocking in Garrett County, Maryland, is an annual event where trout are released into local streams and rivers to supplement the natural population of trout and provide recreational fishing opportunities for anglers. The subject matter around fly fishing has always been one of my favorites.

Brook Trout

Garrett County has several popular trout fishing destinations, including the Savage River, the North Branch Potomac River, and the Youghiogheny River. The Maryland DNR regularly stocks these rivers and streams with rainbow, brown, and brook trout during the spring and fall. However, I’ve read they are stocked with mostly rainbow and golden trout this year.

Brown Trout

Three of the most popular images over the years are what I refer to as the “trout trio”.

While I sold the originals several years ago, I still sell prints of the images directly from my studio or here on Fine Art America.

Please contact me if you are interested in purchasing the trio.

Rainbow Trout

Save the Date! Garrett County Artist Studio Tour

It’s hard to think about summer, but it will be here before we know it.

Save the Date!

Please save the date for the weekend of July 22nd and 23rd, 2023, for the annual Garrett County Artist Studio Tour. The Studio Tour allows you to meet and greet with the talented artists in and around Deep Creek Lake and Garrett County in their studios.

One of my favorite events of the year, my studio will be open and ready with new art.

Below is a sneak peek at an untitled piece that might be on view, provided it does not find a new home beforehand.

Stay tuned to this website and my social media for more details over the coming months.

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Wrapping up the Performing Arts Center Exhibition

The exhibition at the Performing Arts Center of Garrett County will be wrapping up soon. If you did not get to view the art in person, I created a gallery of the work on Artwork Archive. Thanks to the Garrett County Arts Council and the Performing Arts Center for allowing me to show this work for the opening of the Center!

Visit the Garrett County Arts Council

If you’re interested in one of these pieces, they will be at the Garrett County Arts Council’s Gallery Shop in Oakland, Maryland, after the takedown in March. Please visit the Shop to purchase or see a piece in person.

Below is Dust Storm, one of the pieces from my Golf Collection that I included in the show.

The Cove

The Cove is a watercolor on canvas and based on scenery around Deep Creek Lake in Garrett County, Maryland. The Cove can be seen hanging currently at the Garrett County Performing Arts Center in McHenry, Maryland.

I’ve started putting together images showing my work hanging in different spaces in order to give you and idea of what these pieces look like on the wall. Below is one I put together with “The Cove.” If you’d like to purchase this artwork, please contact the Garrett County Arts Council.

Pittsburgh View

Pittsburgh View – An Extension of Waterways and Working Boats

This piece, Pittsburgh View, may seem like a departure from my typical subject matter. I spent most of my life living in Pittsburgh, PA. While the region directly influenced my Working Boat and Waterways series, I haven’t created much art of the city itself. This painting is one of two on canvas reflecting the beauty of the city.